After a long night of grief, Luise was driven back to her family's estate. She had fallen asleep in the back seat from exhaustion, while her butler, Wolfgang, sighed and shook his head. He had promised Erich, in the final days of his life, that under no circumstances would he approach Bruno if something happened to him.
Erich had left behind a sizeable estate for Luise. He had no children of his own and had been thoroughly disgraced in his family by the time he passed. Luise, hidden from both Bruno and Heinrich, was the only family Erich had left that mattered to him. He ensured his assets were transferred to her in a way that shielded her from any formal ties between them.
